Woo!! Just realised that the title is too long. But it said what this post is about.
I have been following The Unquiet Librarian blog for nearly a year. She has just been nominated as the best librarian blog in USA. Her blog is very informative, inspiring and useful. Her name is Buffy Hamilton with the blog URL: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/. She is a media specialist/teacher-librarian at Creekview High School in Georgia. She has a master's degree of English Education and her Education Specialist is in School Library Media/Instructional Technology. She updates her posts on average three to four posts per week.
She uses her blog as a place to reflect her reading on other professional librarians' posts and prompts discussion on the issues raised. She embeds many links, slide shows and YouTune videos to introduce new social media and web 2.0 applications for her readers.
Here are some of the categories of topic that she posted:
- innovative changes to library
- web based software application and database (e.g. how to use current web based software to help her dealing with media course planning, presentation and library marketing.)
- library marketing and promotion
- library vision, mission and goals
- library space, shelving
- reflections on Conferences and articles, other bloggers' posts
I love her posts so much. Some of the applications that she used are very attractive and I just need some time to sit down and really dig into them. I am sure they are useful for my future career as an information profession.
Try it!!
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ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say thanks for the recommendation. I love reading blogs from a more personal perspective since some of the blogs recommended on the reading list have been quite technical. I am also a fellow baker!
Following your recommendation, I looked up The Unquiet Librarian blog...it got me thinking about the sensitivity of the information Buffy posts when blogging. Is it appropriate for her to make specific comments about the organisation that she works for? This caught my attention as a colleague recently began a new job where he was told by his employer that he would not be able to maintain his blog in its current form. I had never read his blog but went in search of it after hearing this. To me, he hadn't posted anything that might be construed as inappropriate. Perhaps his new employer was worried about the posting of information that they might find potentially embarrassing? KP
ReplyDeleteHi Hope: Thanks for visiting my blog. I have actually have more good librarian blogs. I need some time to organise them and put them on this blog. Have been really busy since the semester started.
ReplyDeleteI am taking baking class during weekend too. I have another blog related to food, may link it to this blog sometime in future.
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ReplyDeleteHi Kat: Good point. Blogging about workplace is really an ongoing debate. But, I reckon as a librarian who is responsible to promote a library, blogging is a very good platform. Plus, I have been following Buffy for quite sometimes, her posts are excellent and more to sharing information among fellow librarians. For me as a newie into this information management world, I have learned so much from her and being inspired by her passion in this profession so much.
ReplyDeleteI just linked another good librarian blog by a librarian from Singapore. Musings About Librarianship - see my left column for Blogs I Read). He talked a lot about library stuff, social media and library technology. It absolutely relates to our field in information management, especially if planning to work in academic library.
Thank you so much for your gracious and kind words about my blog! I am honored and very happy to have discovered your blog as well!
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Buffy Hamilton
The Unquiet Librarian
Thank you Buffy for stopping by, I am really enjoying your blog and truely, it has inspired me so much into how librarian can help users/patrons in 21st century.
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